One of the anticipated drivers of reusable packaging and pallet systems is automation. A new report from PMMI suggests that the automation trend is now gaining more traction with smaller and medium-sized producers.
As costs decline for implementing automation, even small to medium-sized consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) are beginning to … [Read more...]

Warehouse pallet racking users will benefit from new rack safety awareness initiative
Late last year, the Rack Manufacturers Institute, Inc. (RMI) launched a rack safety awareness campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to increase awareness of overall industrial steel storage racking safety and also to emphasize the importance of RMI rack … [Read more...]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Volta24 is the first company to introduce a universal, gearless motorized drive roller which will revolutionize the conveyor industry. Based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Volta24 brings 55 years of design and development experience to the motor and conveyor industry. Volta24 is presenting the V24, a brushless DC gearless … [Read more...]

Leader in Autonomous Mobile Robots for Warehouse and Logistics Industries to Use Funding to Meet Growing Customer Demand
SAN JOSE, Calif. – December 6, 2017 – Fetch Robotics, the provider of the leading platform for collaborative robotic solutions, today announced that it has raised $25 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Sway … [Read more...]

The Creform designed and built fully automated system consists of one AGV and six parts- handling carts
Greer, SC—Creform Corporation has designed and built a complete parts-handling system for an automotive supplier of injection molded parts. The system consists of a Creform BST AGV Model CA-A50060-NSI and Creform built carts. The AGV works … [Read more...]

Cimcorp will supply a robotic order picking system for Carlsberg’s Sinebrychoff facility in Finland.
Ulvila, Finland – Leading logistics automation supplier, Cimcorp, is celebrating an order from Sinebrychoff – a subsidiary of the international brewing and beverage giant, Carlsberg – for a robotic dolly picking system at its … [Read more...]

Ultra-high density automated storage system relies on overhead robots and a standardized reusable container system.
AutoStore, inventor, and provider of the grid-based, scalable warehouse automation system, has signed a strategic global agreement with Dematic. The system relies on standardized reusable containers to help achieve ultra-high … [Read more...]

Information reported in Technavio’s latest report on the pharmaceutical logistics market in APAC (Asia Pacific) provides an analysis of the most important trends expected the coming years. As an important sidebar, it also touches on some of the increased opportunities for reusable packaging.
Technavio paints the pharmaceutical logistics market … [Read more...]

Reusable packaging can play a major role in e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment. It is important to look ahead and consider flexible solutions that can continue to add value even as your approach to fulfillment evolves.
E-Commerce Is Growing Fast
While the increasing growth of e-commerce is presenting new challenges for order … [Read more...]